May 28th, 2021
Via Third Pole.net, an article on the impact of China’s cascade of Red River dams on people in Vietnam: Every day, fisher Nguyen Thi Nan and her husband drop traps into the Red River in the city of Lao Cai. They hope to catch fish and prawns at this point in the river, near the […]
Read more »Power Struggle On Afghanistan’s Frontline Over Key Dam
May 19th, 2021
Via Terra Daily, a look at the power struggle between the Taliban and the Afghan government over Kajaki Dam: In the heart of territory under siege from the Taliban, one of Afghanistan’s most important hydroelectric dams is at the centre of a power struggle that symbolises the battle between the government and insurgents. Kajaki Dam, […]
Read more »March 19th, 2021
Via Wired, a report on how covering waterways would, in a sense, make solar panels water-cooled, boosting their efficiency: PEANUT BUTTER AND jelly. Hall & Oates. Now there’s a duo that could literally and figuratively be even more powerful: solar panels and canals. What if instead of leaving canals open, letting the sun evaporate the water […]
Read more »Closure of Coal-Fired Power Plants Saves Colorado Billions of Gallons of Water
March 3rd, 2021
Via The Colorado Sun, an interesting article on water savings resulting from the closure of coal-fired power plants in the western U.S.: The closing of 30 coal-fired generating units across the West – including 10 in Colorado – could free-up more than 76 billion gallons of river and groundwater a year in the increasingly parched […]
Read more »January 10th, 2021
Via Eurasia Review, an article on a new framework that evaluates how different climate scenarios may impact the watergy nexus: As the planet continues to warm, the twin challenges of diminishing water supply and growing energy demand will intensify. But water and energy are inextricably linked. For instance, nearly a fifth of California’s energy goes […]
Read more »Egypt Replicates High Dam Experience in Tanzania
November 27th, 2020
Via Al Monitor, a report on Egypt’s efforts to dig the largest dam in Tanzania to generate hydroelectric power: Egypt is trying to recreate the Aswan High Dam experience by building a similar dam in Tanzania. On Nov. 8, Egypt’s Minister of Housing Asim al-Gazzar and Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker attended a ceremony, in the presence […]
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